[B-Greek] AITEW as "Demand"?
Luke Firth
luke.firth.mail at gmail.com
Sun Sep 13 20:26:13 EDT 2009
After someone said, looking in a lexicon, that AITEW means to "demand"
- I had a closer look
(They were trying to justify John 14:13 [see below] as proof for
'claiming' things in Jesus Name)
Not all lexicons would have "Demand" in their list of relative english
translations, but some did...
I was wondering (as 'demand' seems out of place in comparison) when it
is ever appropriate to translate it as "I Demand" ... All of the other
translations seem to be based around something like - ask for, desire,
require, request....
"Demand" just seems a little bit strong compared to other
translations.... ???
John 14:13 "Whatever you DEMAND in my name, this I will do"
... this has obvious implications...
how/when can it be translated as "Demand"?
and when is it obvious that it cannot be?
or is there 2 kinda meanings of this word, one being the 'ask,
request' chain and the other being the 'require, demand' chain? - and
how do you know when to use either meaning?
Luke
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